China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 631: Really Dare to Say
"Director Li, isn't your evaluation a bit exaggerated?" The host broke out in a cold sweat.

He noticed that Fujidao's face had turned liver color.

He wanted to come out to smooth things over, hoping that Li Yu could change his tone and say something nice.

You have to save face.

But Li Yu didn't want to let them lose face.

Because they could save face, Li Yu couldn't.

Li Yu said it very clearly just now, he doesn't want to comment.

They forced Li Yu to give his evaluation.

He has been forced to that point. If I don't comment, the outside world will definitely criticize Li Yu for being arrogant and looking down on his peers.

Now that he has made an evaluation, he must stick to his true inner opinion.

If he changes his tone and starts praising the bad movie "Fortress of Devil May Cry", he will definitely be among those who will be ridiculed in the future.

"It was a bit exaggerated. I am willing to apologize," said Li Yu.

The host breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that Li Yu understands the ways of the world.

As long as Li Yu said that the previous comments were a bit too much, or that the previous comments were all jokes, he could take over the topic and smooth things over.

Although it is impossible to completely eliminate Director Fuji's unhappiness, it can make him feel more comfortable.

As long as they don't fight on the spot, he won't be able to interfere with any grudges that may arise between Director Teng and Li Yu later.

"I admit that what I said just now was a bit exaggerated. I apologize to Director Bi here. The words and sentences I used just now were a bit inaccurate.

I said that "The Fortress" is the "Dreaming of Show Business" in the science fiction film world. This is really an insult to Director Bi.

Director Bi's "Chasing Dreams in Entertainment Industry" only lost a few dollars, at most tens of millions.

"Fortress of Devil City" is different. It will lose at least 200 to 300 million yuan. How can Director Bi let a movie lose so much money?"

Li Yu said bluntly.

host:"!!!"

Everyone at the scene: “!!!”

I thought Li Yu said he was willing to apologize because he realized his comments were a bit extreme and wanted to say something nice to ease the situation.

Unexpectedly, the person Li Yu apologized to was Director Bi, and he became even more critical of Director Teng.

In fact, Li Yu has already given face to Director Teng.

The total investment of "The Fortress of Devil City" was 3.6 million yuan, but the final box office was only 1.22 million yuan.

Without taking into account the publicity and promotion costs, the losses have reached more than 3 million.

Li Yu said the loss was 2 to 3 million, which is really conservative.

Director Teng glared at Li Yu fiercely and wanted to get angry, but in the end he weighed the pros and cons and endured it.

Li Yu had already made things look very ugly by dismantling his show.

The scene would be even uglier if he and Li Yu continued to fight.

He is a man with a big picture. The science fiction scripts he writes are dozens of times higher than Li Yu's, and his vision as a person is also dozens of times higher than Li Yu's.

He will endure it for now, and when his movie becomes a big hit at the box office and has a good reputation, he will take action to avenge today's mistake.

After Li Yu finished his comments, he left the scene.

It is not so easy for those media people to leave.

They filmed the scene of Li Yu's comments on "The Fortress of the Devil City" just now.

If we let these media people go back, their writing will definitely have a huge negative impact on "The Fortress of the Demon City".

After what happened today, Director Teng hated Li Yu very much.

Huayi was also dissatisfied with Li Yu's evaluation. However, they did not dare to underestimate Li Yu's influence in the Chinese film industry.

Li Yu belittled "The Fortress of Devil City" and said it was worthless. Once the news got out, it would definitely affect many passers-by's first impression of "The Fortress of Devil City".

So what Huayi and Director Fuji did was to spend money to settle the matter, and paid the audience in the screening room and media reporters to delete the video and audio.

Those media reporters naturally didn't want to do that.

The value this breaking news brought them was much greater than what Huayi gave them.

But they can't afford to offend them, because the other party is one of the leading domestic film companies after all.

So the people sent by the media deleted the video and audio.

Some real viewers have a very tough attitude. They don’t want money and they won’t delete the video.

This is only a small number of people, and Huayi and Director Fuji did not force it.

Because no matter how powerful a person is, he cannot cover everyone's mouths. It is enough to cover most people's mouths.

If that small number of real viewers dare to spread the video and audio outside, they have various ways to delete the content.

They can also send a lawyer's letter and sue the other party to compensate for their financial losses.

Therefore, as long as the movie has good reputation and box office after its release, no one dares to publish what Li Yu said.

Even if they are released, they have many ways to deal with it.

On the other hand, if the movie fails, the media will be eager to make a move.

This phenomenon is very common in the entertainment industry. For example, if an artist does something bad, do you really think that no one would report it to the media? Do you really think that no one knows about it?

Before the truth comes out, all media outlets will speak with one voice, bragging about how handsome and talented this artist is.

They dare not tell the truth because they are afraid of the artists and their bosses.

When the bad behavior of the artist was confirmed, the media that had been praising the artist the day before changed their tone and produced various evidences to prove that the artist had started doing bad things many years ago.

This is called the wall being pushed down by everyone.

Pushing someone's wall without collapsing the house is tantamount to cutting off their source of wealth.

It’s okay if the wall collapses. It’s collapsed anyway and is doomed to fail. Why shouldn’t we be allowed to earn some traffic?

As long as "Magic City Fortress" doesn't fail, then I will be in a good situation with the advantage.

As long as they don't pull it, they can even settle the score later by exposing Li Yu's evaluation during the movie's release or after it's taken off the screen, and whip Li Yu's corpse, making Li Yu a clown.

But it's really hard for a movie like "Fortress of Devil May Cry" to not be a slam dunk.

But again, most of the time, directors and film companies can't tell whether their works are bad movies or not.

Director Teng and Hua Yi both felt that Li Yu was deliberately slandering Director Teng.

How could the movie be as bad as Li Yu said? A movie with an investment of 3.6 million yuan lost 2-3 million yuan. What a joke.

Even if you hire a pig to direct the film, the film won't lose that much money.

……

"Li Yu, you're awesome. You really dare to say that. Aren't you afraid of being beaten up by Director Teng?" Coming out of the screening room, Da Tiantian gave Li Yu a thumbs up and admired him very much.

"I only commented on it because he asked me to. I refused and he wouldn't listen. What else could I do but tell him the truth. He can't let me follow the example of those so-called insiders in the industry, right? Wouldn't I become a laughing stock when the movie is released?" Li Yu never regretted saying those words.

The entertainment industry needs people who dare to speak the truth.

It is really too much that an epic bad movie like "Fortress of Devil City" can have a box office of 1.22 million.

Li Yu felt that if someone heard what he said and chose not to watch the movie in the cinema, saving people's eyes would be a good deed with immeasurable merit.

He also understood that what he said just now was said in an indoor scene, and Director Fuji would definitely do a good job of controlling speech to prevent his comments from having a negative impact on the movie.

Whether people can hear his words and avoid being cheated is another topic.

(End of this chapter)